Name: Creston Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering of quality "weaned" new crop spring steers and heifers in load lots for today's active trade. Today's fleshy type calves were 5-7 soft compared to the 12-7-2022 auction results

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.01/cwt on 1,245 head.

Average price

$187.01

1,245 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	187.07	1,235	1,218
Medium and Large 1-2	577	184.38	1,064	27

One grade step is worth $2.68/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,245 hd

187.01

—

IA average10 barns · 8,295 hd

188.43

−1.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	579	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,019	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	157.10/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,126	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	182.08/cwt	165.00–188.00	861	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	173.58/cwt	162.00–181.00	752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	212.02/cwt	201.00–224.00	886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	200.77/cwt	195.00–209.00	960	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	571	189.17/cwt	182.50–205.00	1,080	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	190.19/cwt	186.00–205.00	1,014	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	179.90/cwt	173.00–180.85	1,472	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	493	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	900	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,151	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,188	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	171.28/cwt	161.00–179.75	1,156	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	663	187.22/cwt	186.00–188.00	1,241	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,203	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	201.03/cwt	185.00–213.00	1,152	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	185.78/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,167	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	173.48/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,483	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	171.40/cwt	167.50–173.00	1,085	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	353	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,086	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	204.71/cwt	192.00–218.00	766	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	213.67/cwt	208.00–220.00	1,117	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	207.18/cwt	197.00–218.00	997	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	170.69/cwt	166.00–173.00	956	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	167.15/cwt	160.50–177.50	1,112	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	164.24/cwt	160.00–172.00	770	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	176.05/cwt	164.00–181.25	1,276	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	177.69/cwt	170.00–179.50	1,368	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	185.80/cwt	179.00–190.00	1,245	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	174.87/cwt	172.00–178.00	651	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	154.26/cwt	150.00–161.00	875	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	171.31/cwt	159.00–177.00	1,076	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	533	173.48/cwt	172.00–177.00	925	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	562	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	470	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,043	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,259	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	169.44/cwt	158.00–181.00	966	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	178.82/cwt	174.00–197.00	957	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,075	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	672	168.25/cwt	168.25–168.25	1,131	20

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Creston Livestock Feeder Cattle - Creston, IA

Wed Dec 14, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,403Last week 2,920Year ago 0

Large offering of quality "weaned" new crop spring steers and heifers in load lots for today's active trade. Today's fleshy type calves were 5-7 soft compared to the 12-7-2022 auction results

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	579	176.00	176.00
12	—	493	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	717	155.00–159.50	157.10
61	—	473	165.00–188.00	182.08
5	—	346	172.00	172.00
12	—	433	162.00–181.00	173.58
130	—	665	160.50–177.50	167.15
14	—	372	172.00–178.00	174.87
172	—	628	159.00–177.00	171.31
45	—	761	165.50	165.50
109	—	570	158.00–181.00	169.44
121	—	535	174.00–197.00	178.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	633	167.50–173.00	171.40
3	—	353	181.00	181.00
11	—	658	165.00	165.00
40	—	560	166.00–173.00	170.69
14	—	469	160.00–172.00	164.24
13	—	533	172.00–177.00	173.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	567	150.00–161.00	154.26
4	—	690	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	572	188.00	188.00
20	—	672	168.25	168.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	201.00–224.00	212.02
126	—	818	173.00–180.85	179.90
146	—	573	185.00–213.00	201.03
221	—	628	180.00–196.00	185.78
29	—	855	169.00–174.00	173.48
16	—	374	192.00–218.00	204.71
32	—	523	208.00–220.00	213.67
44	—	481	197.00–218.00	207.18
195	—	725	164.00–181.25	176.05
78	—	770	170.00–179.50	177.69
126	—	670	179.00–190.00	185.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	478	195.00–209.00	200.77
29	—	571	182.50–205.00	189.17
7	—	627	183.50	183.50
10	—	720	165.00	165.00
41	—	675	161.00–179.75	171.28
4	—	352	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	832	151.00	151.00
23	—	533	186.00–205.00	190.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	663	186.00–188.00	187.22
29	—	628	191.50	191.50
7	—	562	219.00	219.00
14	—	470	222.00	222.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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